Icy-Snow
by: Yo Yo Squirrel
I stand and move towards the door, the sunlight shining rays of gold through it.
The peace of the house is broken, as I unlock the door and step beyond.
I shut the door behind me, light blinding my darkened eyes.
I look down to see that snow remained under this blanket of warmth that the sun is casting.
It is beautiful, the very reason worth living for-In the early morning hours when nothing’s stirring, and the outside world is quiet. My body’s filled with sleep but the rays of light giving you bursts of energy. There is a contrast in the air-the warmth of the sun, and the cold of the snow. My feet step across the glass, treading my way through life as I know it. I’m filled with delight from the sun yet walking on cold, hard snow . . . cold, hard memories.
The steady crack beneath my feet makes its way to a hill.
I stand looking about, seeing everything around as a part of my life.
I am told that as time passes you lose your emotion for everything and for everyone.
“Take in the moment”, I thought. “It won’t come again.”
So I stand fixed in place staring down that hill of snow.
The sun is now glaring down my back and down my neck.
I feel as if it sees right through me, into my core that is so tightly locked up.
I stand deep in thought
Finally I notice that a bird has been singing to me this entire time.
A Magpie
Creatures that steal and creatures that terrorize.
But I felt love for this bird, ignoring its common connotation and taking in its song.
Turning around, raising a hand to block the sun from my eyes, I see it in a nearby tree.
Another Magpie comes-its partner, its lover, its significant other.
They sit on the same branch together looking at each other for a moment and then in one movement they take flight above my head, into the distance . . . to live out their own destinies.
I notice the envy within me
How I want to fly
How I want to live
How I want to find myself and learn who I really am.
I start back: heading across the icy-snow through the warm rays warming my soul, and clearing my mind of all that complicates.